51.   The government gave no explanation for the increase but Finance Minister Abdul Wahab Osman has vowed to end all subsidies by the end of the year.

52.   The plan also calls for ending subsidies to boost fishing capacity, tighter enforcement of catch limits and closer consultation with industry leaders.

53.   The report prompted calls from legislators across the political spectrum to end subsidies to the schools.

54.   Yeltsin wants to put the government on austerity, cutting the budget deficit and ending subsidies to money-losing state enterprises.

55.   Yeltsin wants to cut the budget deficit, reduce the size of the military and end subsidies to money-losing state enterprises.

56.   Curtis noted that in one group focusing on energy, the European Union had been prepared to set deadlines on ending fossil fuel subsidies.

57.   Reforming state businesses will require ending subsidies, closing them down and laying off millions of workers.

58.   The government is set to privatize the MWSS this year, ending heavy subsidies to the utility which has totted up huge losses.

59.   The government also plans to end subsidies on electricity, water, oil products and privatise state-owned companies.